Device for bending ends of pins.



L. BAUM. DEVICE FOR BENDING ENDS OF PINS.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR.28,1910.

Gktomm Patented Feb. 21 1911.

LOUIS BAUM, HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

DEVICE FOR nnnnms Enos or Pins.

Speciflcation ofletters Patent. Application filed March .28, 1910.Serial No, 551,978.,

Patented Feb. 21,1911.

To all uikoin itgmay concern:-

-Be-it. known thatl, Louis B nM, a citizen of the United Stutesresidingat Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin and Stateof- Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements ,in Devices for BendingEnds. of Pins; and I. doherebydeclare the following tobe a full, clear,and

exact descrlptibn of thel .-i .nvon,tion,s ioh as will enableothersskilled 1'n the'art to which it appertainsto niake and use thesame, referenoe being had to the accompanying drawings, and tothe'letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form apart ofthis specification. This invention ing tags upon articles, etc, andcomprises a slmple and efficient device of this nature which will behereinafter fully described i j and then specifically defined in theappended claim.

' I illustrate my invention in the nying'drawingsfin which:--

Figure 1 is a perspective viewrof the tool;

accompa- Fig. 2 is a detail in elevation. Fig. 3' is a cross sectionalview on line 3-3 of Fig. 2,

- and Fig. 4: is a detail-view showing the mannor of turning thepointsof the staple.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A.designates a bar or wire which is preferably semi-oircular in crosssection and bent upon itself to. form an elongated handle B; the arms ofwhich are brought together and form a straight shank relates to new anduseful improvements in devices for turning the points of staple-shapedpins used for holdportion 0, the portions forming said shank being heldtogether by means of pinsD at intervals, thus making a round shank. Theinclined portions of the wire or bar are bent to form the arms'E of afork and are beveled as at F upon their inner facesf Said arms E inpractice'sh'ould be approximately 1/16 of an'inch apart, a sufiicientspace thus being provided to allow the point of a pin to be insertedtherein, after which the tool, by

being 'iven a' partial rotary movement,

serves to bendthe point in the manner shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings,so that the points of the staple or other shaped pins utilized inholding tags to articles of various kinds are bent toward the't-ag. andnot likely to catch againstarticles or the fingers of a person handlingthe same.

What I claim to be new is i- A device for turning the points of pinscomprising a wire which is convexed upon one face and flatuponthe other,said wire bent upon itself'to form a handle with straight shankportionsof the wire with their flat faces in, contact with each other havingoffset portions 'form'ing together a fork, the tines of which arebeveled upon their inner-faces. l

' In. testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signaturei/rr the presenceof two witnesses.

I LOUIS BAUM.

Witnesses:

EDWARD M. WINTERS, M. B. ODONNELL.

' and. fastened together, the ends of the wire

